Int. J. Dev. Biol. 49: 881 - 884 (2005)

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052011he

Vol 49, Issue 7

Xenopus laevis FoxE1 is primarily expressed in the developing pituitary and thyroid

Developmental Expression Pattern | Published: 1 September 2005

Heithem M. El-Hodiri^1,2,*, Daniel W. Seufert¹, Srivamsi Nekkalapudi¹, Nichole L. Prescott¹, Lisa E. Kelly¹ and Milan Jamrich³

¹Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA, ²Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA and ³Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Abstract

The members of the FoxE subfamily of Fox (forkhead) genes are expressed in the developing pituitary, thyroid and lens. Mammalian Foxe1 is expressed primarily in the developing pituitary and thyroid gland, Foxe3 is expressed in the developing lens, while Xenopus FoxE4 is expressed in the developing lens and thyroid. Here we report the identification of Xenopus FoxE1, a gene that is primarily expressed in the developing pituitary and thyroid.

Keywords

forkhead, FoxE1, pituitary, thyroid, TTF-2, Xenopus